Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 463 Zhu Yunwen, you are guilty!

Everyone thinks they are upholding the truth.

The same is true of Zhu Yunxi, and the same is true of Kong Na.

After Lao Zhu left, Zhu Yunxi never had a moment to spare. He looked through the windows for a while, looked for the back door for a while, and tried every means to get out.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi's tossing around like this, Kong Na couldn't help admonishing him.

"His Royal Highness, the old minister suggests that you listen to His Majesty, His Majesty let you stay here for your own good!"

"I don't know!"

"But I have to go, if I don't go, no one will be able to use the public address equipment with Grandpa Pope!"

"Amplification equipment?"

Zhu Yunxi tilted his head and thought for a while.

"It's something that can amplify the voice of speech. Grandpa Huang is standing on the top of the city gate and talking, and people a few miles away can hear it clearly."

Kong Na nodded suddenly when he heard Zhu Yunxi's explanation.

"understood!"

"It's another tricky trick!"

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help defending himself after hearing the words.

"Yan Shenggong, don't underestimate this amazing skill, the problem you are worried about can be solved by this thing!"

Seeing what Zhu Yunxi said, Kong Na asked with a smile of interest.

"Your Highness, do you know what the old man is worried about?"

Zhu Yunxi saw that Lao Zhu had taken strict precautions against him, and he had deployed enough people inside and out. Even if he couldn't fly, he could only temporarily give up his plan to escape from prison.

"Yan Shenggong, you have many things to worry about."

"First, you are worried that the imperial power is too strong and there is no aristocratic family to restrain it."

"Second, you are worried that the inheritance will be cut off, and there will be no continuation of the family."

"Third, you are worried about the invasion of foreign races, and there is no family to contend with."

"Fourth, you are worried about the clan's incense and lack of financial resources to continue."

"Fifth, you are worried about the collapse of etiquette and music, there is no distinction between high and low."

"The first three points can be said that you are concerned about the country and the people, but the last two points can only be said that you have a lot of old feudal dross..."

Kong Na automatically ignored Zhu Yunxi's complaints, his eyes were full of surprise.It never occurred to him that Zhu Yunxi knew him so well, guessed exactly what he was thinking, and even guessed clearly the selfishness in his heart.

"Your Highness, let's not talk about the old man who is not bad, but just talk about the first three points, do you agree?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head honestly.

"I don't fully agree!"

When Kong Na heard the words, he immediately put on a posture, intending to teach Zhu Yunxi a good lesson.

"There are some things that the old man can't tell His Majesty, so let's have a good chat with His Majesty today."

"Do you think what the old man said about the continuation of the family in China and the continuation of the inheritance is far-fetched?"

"Your Highness is also a person who is familiar with history books. Which major event in history has nothing to do with the family?"

"Isn't it the family that overthrew the Tyrant Qin Dynasty? It's the family that helped Liu Bang ascend to the throne of God, right? It's the family that helped Liu Bang govern the Han Dynasty?"

"As for the Three Kingdoms after the Han Dynasty, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, almost all were influenced by the aristocratic family?"

"Because these aristocratic families supported China, the fire of Chinese civilization was preserved when the imperial power was in jeopardy."

"Five Random Flowers cannot destroy its spirit, and the invasion of Meng Yuan cannot destroy its soul."

"If His Highness still has prejudices against the aristocratic family, then the old man will say the names of two more people."

"Wen Tianxiang, who supported the Southern Song Dynasty and vowed to resist Meng Yuan to the death, is from an aristocratic family, and Lu Xiufu, who jumped into the sea with his young master on his back, is still from an aristocratic family."

"Lu Shiyuan, who is now helping you manage the Shibo Department, is the descendant of Lu Xiufu, a famous official in the Southern Song Dynasty."

Even though Zhu Yunxi looked down on the 1 members of the family, he couldn't help being moved when he heard the last two names.

"Lu Shiyuan is actually the successor of Lu Xiufu?"

"That's natural, otherwise, why do you think the Lu family occupies the position of leader among Jiangnan maritime merchants?"

"This is actually the respect of the Jiangnan clan for their ancestors, which is why they elected him to be the leader."

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi's attitude was a little loose, Kong Na couldn't help but put on a earnest tone and continued to persuade.

"The old man knows that His Highness has a lot of prejudice against the family. He thinks that the family controls the imperial power, blocks the official road, hides the property, and raids the people."

"But Your Highness also needs to know that the aristocratic family also has a good side, not all of them are the kind you said..."

"Moreover, the old man said something disrespectful. Just relying on one body to pay food is not enough to destroy the family. It will only allow the family to exist in a more secretive way, which may cause greater harm to the court and the people..."

"This is..."

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes and said playfully.

"I don't need you to worry about this, Gu naturally has a way to deal with it."

"In addition, I believe in one thing. If you stick to the right way, you can cultivate and study family heirs even if you don't have privileges. If you have no talent, but look to maintain wealth through privileges, it can only be wishful thinking."

When Zhu Yunxi was talking about this, he suddenly heard three knocks on the door, and immediately dropped the old Kongtou and ran to the door.

"Xu Liuzi, your kid is finally here, let me out quickly!"

"Your Highness, don't worry, wait for the humble official to negotiate with Commander Chen."

Xu Liuzi looked at Commander Chen quietly, and handed Commander Chen a rope.

"Old Chen, we are also brothers, do you want me to help you, or yourself..."

Commander Chen closed his eyes depressed when he heard this.

"It's better for you to come, and finally give us a stick on the back of the head, let us lie on the ground and sleep well!"

"okay!"

"Brothers, quickly tie up Habayashi's brother!"

After Xu Liuzi tied up Commander Chen of the Habayashi Guard thoughtfully, he carefully knocked a stick on the back of his head, then opened the palace gate and released Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yunxi looked back at Old Man Kong.

"Do you want Duke Yansheng to come together?"

Old Kongtou sat on the ground leaning on one leg, and waved his hand at Zhu Yunxi.

"Your Highness, please go ahead. The old man is old and can't see bloody scenes. Just stay here and wait for His Majesty to deal with it."

Seeing what the old man said, Zhu Yunxi stopped hesitating immediately and ran towards Hongwumen with a bunch of dog legs.

Not long after, Zhu Yunxi came to Hongwu Gate, and he was relieved to see Lao Zhu still lying on the wall to watch the fun.

"Grandfather, what are you looking at?"

Old Zhu was not surprised to hear Zhu Yunxi's voice, he just pointed down.

"We are waiting for key figures to appear."

"Key people?"

"Isn't Yan Shenggong the biggest mastermind behind the scenes?"

Old Zhu shook his head when he heard this.

"No!"

"We know that Kong Nan, he still can't do such things as sending students to death."

"There must be someone behind the scenes here, otherwise it would be impossible to encourage so many students."

While the two were chatting behind the battlements, someone was shouting from below the city wall.

What do you implore your majesty to withdraw the order and restore the old system of the imperial court?

One of the leaders even pulled out a ten-point tyranny to persuade him, and he almost called Lao Zhu the king of Jie and Zhou.

"Grandfather, do you want to debate with them?"

Old Zhu shook his head firmly.

"Don't argue!"

"We are the emperor, we can do whatever we say, why do we need to explain to them?"

"If they don't know how to play, we'll order someone to whip them with a big stick!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he felt sweaty in his heart, his grandpa couldn't change his cruelty.

"Grandfather, you still have to pay attention to the method and method. After all, today is the day for the imperial court to open a course to recruit scholars. It will not look good if it gets too big."

Old Zhu didn't care about being authentic.

"They are the ones who are shameless first!"

"Since they are shameless, we can only help them!"

"It's just... where's the big fish?"

Lao Zhu didn't care about the tens of thousands of candidates below him at all, he just kept looking for big fish among the crowd.

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he couldn't help looking for it in the crowd.

Just as the two of them were aimlessly looking for big fish among the crowd, they suddenly heard the sound of drums not far away.

When Lao Zhu heard the sound of the drum, a gloomy look flashed across his face.

"The big fish appeared!"

Zhu Yunxi was also surprised when he heard the drumbeat.

"Dengwen drum?"

"Who struck the Dengwen drum?"

Old Zhu sneered when he heard this.

"Don't worry, we'll find out soon!"

Daming’s Dengwen drum is very interesting. At the beginning, Lao Zhu set up Dengwen drum without any restrictions. As long as you feel that the officials have wronged you, you can beat the drum to express your grievances.

However, Lao Zhu underestimated the enthusiasm of the people in the south of the Yangtze River to complain, and they would beat the drums on really trivial matters.

The Zhang family lost a pig, the Wang family lost a chicken, the daughter-in-law of the He family did not return the bride price, the widower of the Zhao family molested women, etc., and so on.

After dealing with hundreds of civil lawsuits, Lao Zhu hastily established a rule that non-major cases cannot be appealed, and he has established a process of first-level complaints, and it is strictly forbidden for people to leapfrog lawsuits.

At the same time, the Dengwen Drum was surrounded and guarded by soldiers to prevent the people in the capital from playing with it.

The emperors of all dynasties after Lao Zhu further strengthened the fence, and even built a yard in the later period, and surrounded Dengwen drums.

Because according to the rules established by Lao Zhu, as long as the Dengwen drum is sounded, no matter what the emperor is doing, he must meet the person who beat the drum and accept the case.

Lao Zhu had known for a long time that the people were going to beat the Dengwen drum to make trouble, so he ordered people to guard the Dengwen drum to prevent the people from forcibly beating the drum.

However, after he made all the preparations, the Dengwen drum was still struck!

"It seems that the military commander is not quiet either!"

"Let's go!"

"Let's go over and see who can beat the Dengwen drum!"

The Dengwen Drum was not far from Hongwumen, and the two of them could see the person beating the drum condescendingly without even moving their place.

It's just that the person beating the drum can't be seen clearly because of the backlight.

At the Dengwen Drum, Zhu Yunwen waved the drum hammer and beat the Dengwen Drum vigorously, making a booming sound.

Behind Zhu Yunqi stood [-] Habayashi guards in full formation. They used shields to set up a wall to isolate the people outside.While looking at Zhu Yunqi who was beating the drum, he endured the pounding of the drum.

When Lao Zhu came to the right angle and saw the person beating the drum clearly, he couldn't help but spit on the spot.

"Why is this grandson?"

Zhu Yunxi hadn't seen Zhu Yunqi for a long time, and even forgot about the child.

Seeing Zhu Yunxie beating the drums below, Zhu Yunxie was also quite surprised.

Is this kid tired of living?

Zhu Yunwen beat the drum, and when he saw Lao Zhu approaching, he stopped beating the drum immediately, and shouted at Lao Zhu on the city wall.

"Grandfather, grandson Zhu Yunqi wants to plead for the people!"

"I also ask Grandpa Huang for permission!"

Lao Zhu sneered when he heard this, and then shouted down.

"allow!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen immediately took out the prepared memorial from his sleeve, and read it impassionedly.

"Sun Chen Zhu Yunqi would like to play!"

"The emperor's grandfather, illuminated by a holy candle, is brave and courageous, far ahead of the emperors of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Expel the Tartars, restore China, and create the rule of Hongwu."

"However, believing in slander by mistake caused the people to live in poverty, and the people suffered. Sun Chen couldn't bear the emperor's grandfather making mistakes again and again..."

"In recent years, there have been five malpractices of the imperial court..."

"First, no distinction is made between high and low, and officials and gentry pay food as a whole."

"Secondly, two out of ten taxes are the first of its kind in the history of tyranny..."

"Third, the taxation is uneven. The taxation in the south of the Yangtze River accounts for more than half of the country..."

"Fourth, the repeated establishment of the Great Prison..."

"Fifth, going abroad is extravagant, costing tens of millions of taels of silver, and not seeing a penny of output..."

After hearing Zhu Yunqi's rhetoric, Lao Zhu couldn't help but look at his eldest grandson next to him.

"Did you hear that, people say you are a traitor!"

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

"The grandson didn't hear it, but the grandson only heard the second brother say that you are a faint king!"

The two joked with each other, and then the dignified look returned to their faces in unison.

"Grandfather, if it weren't for the officials of the court and the central government, it would be difficult to know about the uneven taxation. The second brother should have been taken advantage of by someone with a heart."

Old Zhu nodded when he heard the words.

"That's natural!"

"Let's not talk about the uneven taxation, the other few things are beyond his mind!"

"Some things can only be known to those who have been officials in the court for many years and have paid close attention to the affairs of the court."

"Especially the proportion of Jiangnan's tax revenue, and the details of your shipping department's expenses."

"Go back and check, is there a traitor under your command?"

"No need to check, there must be."

"Who do you ask to collect taxes and who is not in a hurry?"

Zhu Yunwen waited quietly after reading the memorial, waiting for the praise of the people, waiting for the praise of tens of thousands of students, waiting for the rage of the grandpa and grandson on the city wall.

However, to his surprise, there was no sound of praise, no sound of praise, and even the rage he was so sure of did not happen.

Only an old man and a young man were pointing at him on the city wall, and made fun of him from time to time, as if they were watching a joke.

The more Zhu Yunwen thought about it, the more angry he became, he had already risked everything, why couldn't he get the attention of Grandpa Huang!

Even if you are angry, it is better than not caring about it now!

"Grandfather, my grandson, please abolish the bad government, abolish the maritime administration, and reduce the burden on the people in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Zhu Yunwen shouted three times in a row, and then Lao Zhu reluctantly opened his mouth.

"Dasun, please tell your second brother for us, let's go to rest under the umbrella first."

"okay!"

"You guys adjust the equipment, and come to line up with the second brother alone in a while!"

"Grandfather, please slow down, grandson will help you over..."

After Zhu Yunxi settled Lao Zhu, he immediately went to the city gate and said "Hello" twice into a huge microphone.

After a piercing electric sound, tens of thousands of people, officials, and students under the city witnessed a miracle that they couldn't believe when they opened their eyes.

For a moment just now, they seemed to hear the voice of the emperor's grandson from all directions!

However, before they came back to their senses, the emperor's grandson's voice came again.

The clear and clear voice poured out from the city wall like a stormy sea and entered their ears.

"Zhu Yunwen, you are guilty!"

(End of this chapter)